Globalization and the economic distribution of the Global Village

RC4, POP1, CP3

Over the weekend you were asked to compile a list of 25 random things in your home and identify their country of origin or manufacture.

In groups of three compare your lists, eliminating any repeated items.

Each person will be assigned a blank world map. On the map indicate each of the countries included on your homework list by outlining the country’s borders with a marker.

DO NOT COLOUR IN THE MAP. Share your map with your group

members. Add their countries to your map if they

are not already present.

Are there any trends on your map? Any surprises? Is there an explanation?

coined by the UN in 1980. refers to the division of the economic world based on physical geography: many wealthy

countries are found in the northern hemisphere; whereas a multitude of poorer countries are found in the southern hemisphere.

great disparities exist in the range of social and economic development between the North & South.

Many poorer nations are chastised, by the wealthier countries, for trying to improve themselves as the result has often led to international instability.

Causes include: colonization and neo-colonization (see terms to

know).

“Average” wealth can be measured by per capita GDP (gross domestic product) or per capita GNP (gross national product).

A country produces wealth through agriculture, mining, industry and trade.

GDP is the total of a country’s internal (or domestic) wealth. GNP is the total of GDP plus the country’s national wealth

(including payments made and received for ‘services’ such as banking, and insurance).

If you divide the GNP by the population of the country you can discover the average wealth produced by cash individual (‘per capita’ as it is called).

This is the equation:

GNP = per capita GNP Population

  Per capita GNP gives a useful clue as to the likely average wage.

The poorest countries in the world have a per capita GNP of about $150.00.

Hunger Hunger can be measured by average caloric

intake: 1600 calories per day is a critical minimum; 2400 calories is the average need.

Disease & Death Disease and death can be measured by

infant mortality rates and the average age of death.

 Education Education can be measured by literacy rates.

Countries are categorized by their level of economic development.

Cold War Classification: First World = the Capitalist countriesSecond world = the Communist countries. Third World = poorer countries

The problem: countries were grouped based on both ideology and capitalist development.

Post Cold War: two-tiered classification system that was based only on development. Developed Country (DC), and Undeveloped

Country (UDC), were adopted as classification categories.

Occasionally, some countries didn't fall into these two new categories.

Today the most commonly used system classifies countries as:

LLDC (Landlocked Developing Countries)LDC (Less developed country), MDC (Moderately developed country), HDC (Highly developed country).

Characteristics that determine which category a country belongs include:

Gross National Product (GNP) per capita, transportation and communication facilities, consumption of energy and literacy, and levels of unemployment.

On your world map choose 4 different colours and shade in each country based on their classification (HDC, MDC, etc).

Create a legend to indicate what each colour represents and to identify why there are some countries outlined with a marker (from Task 1).

Afghanistan *                Armenia Azerbaijan Bhutan * Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso * Burundi * Central African Republic * Chad * Ethiopia * Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Democratic

Republic * Lesotho * Malawi *

Mali * Moldova, Republic of Mongolia Nepal * Niger * Paraguay Rwanda * Swaziland Tajikistan The Former Yugoslav Rep. of

Macedonia Turkmenistan Uganda * Uzbekistan Zambia * Zimbabwe

Angola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the

Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Lesotho Liberia

Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Niger Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia

Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia Kiribati Lao People’s Democratic Republic Maldives Myanmar Nepal Samoa Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Tuvalu Vanuatu Yemen

Haiti

AlgeriaAngolaArmeniaAzerbaijanBangladeshBelizeBhutanBoliviaBotswanaCambodiaCameroonCape VerdeChinaComorosCongoDjiboutiDominican RepublicEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaFijiGabonGeorgiaGhanaGuatemalaGuyana

HaitiHondurasIndiaIndonesiaIran (Islamic Republic of)JamaicaJordanKenyaKyrgyzstanLao People’s Democratic RepublicLesothoMadagascarMaldivesMauritaniaMoldovaMongoliaMoroccoMyanmarNamibiaNepalNicaraguaNigeriaOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesPakistanPapua New GuineaParaguay

PhilippinesSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSao Tome and PrincipeSolomon IslandsSouth AfricaSri LankaSudanSurinameSwazilandSyrian Arab RepublicTajikistanTanzania (United Republic of)ThailandTongaTunisiaTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUzbekistanVanuatuViet NamYemen

AlbaniaAndorraAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBahamasBahrainBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgariaCanadaChileColombiaCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDominicaEcuadorEstoniaFinland

FranceGermanyGreeceGrenadaHong Kong, China (SAR)HungaryIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyJapanKazakhstanKorea (Republic of)KuwaitLatviaLebanonLibyan Arab JamahiriyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of)MalaysiaMaltaMauritiusMexicoMontenegroNetherlands

New ZealandNorwayOmanPanamaPeruPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRussian FederationSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaudi ArabiaSerbiaSeychellesSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTrinidad and TobagoTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Colonialism An economic system in which a dominant “mother country” maintains

control over the direction, organization, capital, investment, technology, and manufactured products of the dependant colony which in turn supplies raw materials, agricultural products, and cheap labour.

 Neo-colonialism  Economic imperialism; the control of Northern economic forces over newly

independent countries in the South. Balance of Trade The difference between the value of exports and the value of imported

goods and services; raw products produced in the South are often worth less on the world market than manufactured products from the North, resulting in an unfavorable balance of trade for the South.

 Burden of Debt

When the accumulated debt of a country forces it to neglect social spending in vital areas such as health and education, in turn lowering quality of life, in an attempt to repay the national debt, usually held by foreign investors.

Sustainable Population Growth  Growth of the population that is limited to the number of people that earth

can support indefinitely with available resources.

 Multinationals AKA Transnationals. Enterprises that have their corporate headquarters in

developed countries (North) but operate a variety of branch companies in many different parts of the world, particularly Southern countries.

 Gender Murder Determining the gender of a fetus and discarding the undesirable one

based on its gender. Infanticide  Causing the death of unwanted babies/children. Aid  Money, food, goods or “considerations” given to a developing country by

one or more governments, institutions, or agencies. The reasons for giving vary- to provide humanitarian help, to promote trade, to boost sales in the donor country, or to gain political or military advantage.

The Green Revolution  The use of modern machinery and fertilizers, better quality seeds, and

improved irrigation to improve food production in developing countries.